PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Chomh h~ le buachaill óg, as gay as a youth.
~í na hóige, the dreams of youth.
Tá gnaoi na hóige uirthi, she has the bloom of youth.
As a naíocht, as a óige, from his infancy, from his youth.
D’óige a athshamhlú duit féin, to conjure up one’s youth.
Ógánaigh ag imeacht ~, youths going around indolent, becoming wastrels.
~ na hóige, the bloom of youth.
~ na hóige, the vigour of youth.
2. ~ (d’fhear, de ghasúr), strong rough man, big strong youth.
Tá ~ na hóige aige, he has the advantage of youth.
Ní thagann ~ roimh aois, youth will have its fling.
Chleacht sé an cheird sin as a óige, he followed that trade from his youth.
Is cuma leis an óige cá gcroithfidh sí a cos, youth must have its fling.
Is mairg a thugas ~ don óige, one should not disparage youth.
Níor eitigh páipéar bán ~ riamh, [’blank paper never rejected ink’, youth is impressionable.
~ na hóige, the fire of youth.
An ghéag gheal, the beautiful youth, maiden.
Ina mhacacht agus ina ghiollacht, in his boyhood and youth.
~ móra na háilleachta agus na hóige, the great gifts of loveliness and youth.
na héin, a hóige, go hÁrainn, the birds, her youth, to Aran.
I leith le hóglach m’aoise, for a youth of my age.
Ó aois m’óige i leith, ever since the days of my youth.
Le ~ m’óige, in my youth.
~ na hóige, the fire of youth.
~ na hóige, bloom of youth.
~ na hóige, the liveliness of youth.
Ógánach ~ láidir, good strong youth.
~ tír as a dtáinig an mac, happy is the land from which the youth has sprung.
~ an óige is tiocfaidh sí, youth responds to praise.
Óna óige, from his youth.
An t-~ uasal, the noble youth.
In ~ duine, in one’s youth.
Le linn ár n-~, in the days of our youth.
Ó ~ go neart, from youth to maturity, to the prime of life.
Tá an ~ agat orm, you are younger than me, you have the advantage of youth over me.
Níl ~ ná amaidí orthu, they can plead neither youth nor folly, they are old enough to have sense.
Cuireadh le ceird as a ~ é, he was put to a trade as a youth.
~ na hóige, the fire of youth.
Thug sé sin leis as a óige, he acquired that habit in his youth.
T~ na nÓg, T~ na hÓige, the Land of Youth, Elysium.
I d~ m’óige, in my early youth.